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Senate · Roll call 420 · 1st session · Oct. 20, 2021 A vote to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2747, the Freedom to Vote Act, ending debate on taking up the bill.
- Question
- On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- Official record
- Senate roll call 420, 117th Congress, 1st session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 117-s420, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 117th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
- Bill
- S. 2747, Freedom to Vote Act
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Biden's position: wanted a Yes vote
“The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of S. 2747, the Freedom to Vote Act.”
Source: White House statement on the bill · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)
About this vote
The bill is described in the record as "A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes." A Yes vote supports ending debate on the motion to proceed.
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Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Freedom to Vote Act This bill addresses voter registration and voting access, election integrity and security, redistricting, and campaign finance. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting).
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | No |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| Tommy Tuberville | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | No |
| Kyrsten Sinema | AZ | Democrat | Yes |
| Mark Kelly | AZ | Democrat | Yes |
| Alex Padilla | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| John W. Hickenlooper | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | No |
| Rick Scott | FL | Republican | No |
| Jon Ossoff | GA | Democrat | Yes |
| Raphael G. Warnock | GA | Democrat | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | No |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Tammy Duckworth | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Mike Braun | IN | Republican | No |
| Todd Young | IN | Republican | No |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | No |
| Roger Marshall | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | No |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | No |
| John Kennedy | LA | Republican | No |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | Yes |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | No |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Tina Smith | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Josh Hawley | MO | Republican | No |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | No |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | MS | Republican | No |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | No |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | No |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | No |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | No |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Kevin Cramer | ND | Republican | No |
| Ben Sasse | NE | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Ben Ray Luján | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Jacky Rosen | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | No |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | No |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | No |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | No |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | No |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | No |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | No |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | No |
| Bill Hagerty | TN | Republican | No |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN | Republican | No |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | No |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | No |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Mitt Romney | UT | Republican | No |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | Yes |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | No |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | No |
| Cynthia M. Lummis | WY | Republican | No |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |